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Carbonic Anhydrase in Bacteria

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THE richest source of carbonic anhydrase is mammalian erythrocytes. It is also found in the pancreas, gastric mucosa, and kidney in fairly high concentration. Carbonic anhydrase has also been found localized in the cytoplasm of plant leaf tissue1–4. A survey of the literature revealed no report of the occurrence of microbial carbonic anhydrases. Main and Lock5 reported that Type I Pneumococcus and Staphylococcus aureus did not produce carbonic anhydrase.

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VEITCH, F., BLANKENSHIP, L. Carbonic Anhydrase in Bacteria. Nature 197, 76–77 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197076a0

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